Research shows that women gravitate toward women-led companies. By Blake Landau (Founder, Artemis) Get Satisfaction Vice President of Marketing Azita Martin never realized she was the only woman in the room, until she wasn’t. “Now that I’m here at Get Satisfaction, I realize how refreshing it is. You don’t realize how weird being the only [...]
Posts Tagged "Minted"
Lover.ly Founder & CEO Kellee Khalil On Partnerships, Revenue (Video)
June 24, 2012 – 6:00 am
Founder Kellee Khalil has big plans for the company, hoping to eventually follow a woman through all the big life stages, like wedding, pregnancy, moving into a new homes, and being a newlywed. By Jordan Crook (Writer, TechCrunch) In a world where Pinterest is filled with wedding gear and the economic downturn has scratched “wedding [...]
Letters To A Young Engineer: How To Decide Where To Work
May 1, 2012 – 10:00 am
Here is advice a startup CTO would writes to herself – in hopes that other young people may find benefit. By Niniane Wang (CTO, Minted) Oftentimes throughout my life, I wished that I could time-travel and ask my future self for advice. I felt sure that in five or ten years, I would know exactly [...]
From PITCH Conference 2012: Love & Startups At Women 2.0
February 14, 2012 – 5:17 pm
By Carolyn Gerin (Creator, Antibride Productions) Live from Women 2.0 Pitch Conference in Mountain View, I’m happy to be at the Computer History Museum surrounded by some of the hottest female-founded tech startups in modern history. We are experiencing a Femme Tech Boom and today is ground zero for innovation, creation and atta girl “can-do” [...]
What Pink Ghetto? Women Start Technology Companies
December 6, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Marian Mangoubi (Founder & CEO, Sassy CEO) There’s an image of entrepreneurial women focusing on their startups on beauty, shopping, and fashion (“Pink Ghetto“). However, after a year of studying tech companies founded by women, I can say emphatically that this is a misrepresentation. Last year around this time there was a lot of [...]
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Everything!
June 2, 2011 – 6:30 am
By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Last night I attended the event, “Face to Face: The Women Behind the Brands,” sponsored by Gilt City. Present were founding members and key executives from brands like Minted, Eventbrite, Decorati, SkinnyScoop, Ecomom and others. Over champagne and mini cupcakes, each woman gave an interesting fact about herself [...]
Female Startup Founders, Female CTOs And Technical Co-Founders (Oh My!)
May 24, 2011 – 1:28 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC, Julia Hu (Co-Founder & CEO of Lark) got engaged while presenting her startup onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC — her boyfriend inserted a proposal slide into her deck. Meanwhile, attendees at the National Center for Women in Technology annual summit were [...]
